Wonderful Pomegranate

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The Wonderful Pomegranate (Punica granatum 'Wonderful') is a hardy ornamental with a fabulous fall harvest. The flowers of the Wonderful are the brightest red known, their rare blending of oranges and reds is reminiscent of a summer sunset!

Spring and fall are special times for your Pomegranate. In the spring the leaves emerge with an uncommon splash of bronze. They then fill out the tree's dense rounded shape, lending it an appealing silhouette that would enhance almost any yard. An abundance of dainty brilliant flowers follows close behind and attracts a host of pollinators.

Hardier than many spring blooms and prolonging your enjoyment into the summer months, the flowers even encourage hummingbirds! Fall brings even more appeal as the yellow leaves and the 4-inch, round red fruit proclaim a successful conclusion to the season. The crimson fruit around each seed has a unique tart-sweet flavor and is usually eaten whole or made into juice or syrup.

Planting and Application:

Pomegranates are most often grown as a shrub, but if you prefer a tree they're easy enough to prune into a desired shape or to fit containers. One would look lovely in your landscape bed, or plant several as a shrub border or hedgerow. Accent entertainment areas, or set one as a crown jewel in your front landscaping.

Many people grow the Pomegranate not for the fruit, but simply for its ornamental appeal. You'll love how the glossy dark green color of the oval leaves catches the midday sun, plus the blossoms that appear. Your neighbors wont mind accepting some of your harvest either!

  • Outstanding Healthy Bright Red Fruit
  • Delicious Fresh Eating & Juicing Variety
  • Self-Fertile
  • Brilliant Red-Orange Flowers
  • Smaller Shrub or Tree!

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Pomegranate trees are best planted in the sunniest, warmest part of your yard or orchard for the most fruit, but also tolerate part shade. Provide well-drained soil thats enriched and mulch their root zone well.

  • Full Sun & Part Shade
  • Enriched Well-Drained Soil
  • Mulch & Provide Consistent Moisture
  • Prune Late Winter
  • Check Out Fruit Tree Success Tips

Cultivated since ancient times, the fruit is increasingly popular for its health benefits and is chocked full of vitamins, antioxidants and other health advantages! Pomegranate has twice the antioxidants found in grape juice, green tea, or red wine, and reduces the chances to develop hardened arteries. So order your own truly Wonderful Pomegranate today from NatureHills.com!

Buying Options for Plants

Nature Hills sells a large variety of plants with several options available. Plants are offered in both potted containers and as dormant bare root without soil. Here is a helpful resource to understand your options as you create a beautiful landscape with help from Nature Hills.

Ever wonder what a larger plant will mean for your landscape? Container Sizes are really all about the age of the plant!

Seasonally, Nature Hills offers hand selected, high quality bare root trees, shrubs and perennials. Bare root plants are sold by height from the top of the root system to the top of the plant. Plants may be taller than the height minimums.

  • Popular sizes of select trees are 1 foot, 2 feet, 3 feet, etc.
  • Popular sizes of select bare root plants is 1 foot, 18 inches, etc.

Nature Hills Container Size by Volume

Keep in mind, specific varieties and different growing conditions can affect the rate at which plants grow. Variations in size may occur.

Young Plants to 18 Months
Size Volume
2"x2"x3" Ranges from .18 to .21 dry quarts / .198 to .23 dry liters in volume
4.5" Container Equal to .65 dry quart / .72 dry liter in volume
Sprinter Pot Equal to .63 dry quart / .69 dry liter in volume
4" Container Ranges from .31 to .87 / .35 to .96 dry liter in volume
6" Container Equal to 1.4 dry quarts / 1.59 dry liters in volume
1 Quart Equal to 1 dry quart / 1.1 dry liter in volume
5.5" Container Equal to 1.89 of a dry quart / 2.08 dry liters in volume
4"x4"x5" Ranges from .8 to 1.1 dry quarts / .88 to 1.2 dry liters in volume
4"x4"x6" Ranges from 1.0 to 1.3 dry quarts / 1.1 to 1.41 dry liters in volume
4"x4"x9" Ranges from 1.1 to 2.1 dry quarts / 1.2 to 2.3 dry liters in volume
4"x4"x10" Ranges from 1.7 to 2.3 dry quart / 1.87 to 2.53 dry liters in volume
Plants 18 Months - 2.5 Years Old
Size Volume
2 Quart Equal to 2 dry quarts / 2.2 dry liters in volume
#1 Container Ranges from 2.26 to 3.73 dry quarts / 2.49 to 4.11 dry liters in volume
5"x5"x12" Equal to 3.5 to 4.3 dry quarts / 3.85 to 4.74 dry liters in volume
Plants 2 - 4 Years Old
Size Volume
#2 Container Ranges from 1.19 to 1.76 dry gallons / 5.24 to 7.75 dry liters in volume
#3 Container Ranges from 2.32 to 2.76 dry gallons / 10.22 to 12.16 dry liters in volume
Plants 3 - 5 Years Old
Size Volume
#5 Container Ranges from 2.92 to 4.62 dry gallons / 12.86 to 20.35 dry liters in volume
#6 Container Ranges from 5.25 to 6.01 dry gallons / 23.12 to 26.42 dry liters in volume
#7 Container Ranges from 5.98 to 6.08 dry gallons / 26.34 to 26.78 dry liters in volume

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100 - 129.99 44.99
130 - 149.99 48.99
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Delicious, Healthy Pomegranate

Believed to have come from areas of the world that weren't big on record keeping, the Pomegranate began being cultivated in the Neolithic era between 10,200 BC to 2000 BC. During this long history, the fruit has become a part of many cultures in the world, each with their own idea of what the perfect pomegranate fruit should be.

Through the centuries, different collections of pomegranates have emerged in developing cultures of Central Asia. Unique Pomegranate varieties to each region began to become the taste of those areas.

Regions like India, the Himalaya's, China, the Middle East and Turkmenistan each favored different fruit and flavor qualities. Some liked high sugar with low or no acid, while another region may have preferred fruit with an acid/ sugar balance or sour and sweet mix. Still, others were selected for physiological traits such as less cracking and softer seeds.

Introduced as early as the mid 1700's by Spanish missionaries, most of the first Pomegranates were confined to the California missions.

The Wonderful Pomegranate is one of the first varieties to become popular in America and was reported to be discovered in Florida, but how is not clear. Credit to its introduction is given to a location in Porterville, California in about 1896. It should be mentioned that a similar variety by the same name is grown in Israel, but more recent comparisons suggest they are not the same fruit.

Though popular throughout the world, the Pomegranate in the United States was slow to gain appeal. Research was done at Harvard in 1991 and continued at Tufts University; along with University research studies in Europe to test the health benefits of small fruits. All tests concluded there was tremendous health benefits from the small berries and cane berries. These studies included the Pomegranate due to the fact that a Pomegranate is an inverted fruit with each one of the berries inside an individual fruit.

The results showed that Pomegranates were among the most beneficial of all the fruits tested. As the results of the studies began to become public, the popularity of the Pomegranate exploded thanks to the health-conscious consumer.

The Wonderful Pomegranate's demand grew overnight because of its good flavor, bright red color, large size and somewhat resistant to cracking. Only a few other choices were available to the home gardener or the commercial grower in the mid 1990's. Wonderful' s became the lead variety for the health movement with a new appreciation for this commonly overlooked fruit type.

Today, Wonderful Pomegranate remains the first choice for juicing and fresh eating in both the commercial and the home garden market.

PLANT HIGHLIGHTS

Wonderful Pomegranate Is Suited to Grow in Zones 7-10
Growing Zones 7-10
More Information
Brand Nature Hills' Choice
Botanical Name Punica granatum 'Wonderful'
Type Deciduous
Mature Height 10 - 12 feet
Mature Spread 8 - 12 feet
Sun Exposure Full Sun
Soil Widely Adaptable
Moisture Moderate
Growth Rate Medium
Foliage Color Green
Harvest Time Late Season
Pollinator Friendly Yes
Fruiting Time 3 - 4 years
Pruning Time Late Winter
Fragrant No